Artists of the Canyons and Caminos: Santa Fe: Early Twentieth Century - Softcover

Robertson, Edna; Nestor, Sarah; Smith, Gibbs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1423601149 ISBN 13: 9781423601142

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2006

Synopsis

Richly illustrated, Artists of the Canyons and Caminos traces the lives and work of painters who settled in Santa Fe in the early years of the twentieth century. Under their influence, Santa Fe grew from a dusty high-desert town with no paved streets or automobiles to a thriving community.

Artists of the Canyons and Caminos features a new foreword by publisher Gibbs M. Smith, and reveals little-known facts and profiles of the personalities who catalyzed this transformation. Above all, it illuminates their common bond: an enduring love for the beauty of the land that called to them in the first place.

Some places in the world have a particular atmosphere, a sense of romance, which makes them "good places to paint." Santa Fe, New Mexico-with its clean, sharp air; its startlingly bright colors; its sculptured mesas and mountains-is one of these places.

Artists of the Canyons and Caminos includes:

A brief chronology of Santa Fe from its inauguration as a state capital housing the oldest public building in the United States (Palace of the Governors); to the first annual exhibition of the Cinco Pintores in 1921, when of the town's population of 7,000, 15 were resident artists; to the opening of the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1962.

Descriptions of the broad spectrum of representational styles that flourished there, from romance to super-realism.

Major patrons of the arts: railroads, scientists, territorial senators, lawyers, well-to-do retirees.

The artists' missions: admiration for the local Indians and their arts, encouragement of young artists of all nationalities, solidarity to prevent Santa Fe from being overly Americanized.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This 30th Anniversary Edition of Artists of the Canyons and Caminos commemorates the rich tradition of painters in early-twentieth-century Santa Fe as much as it does their individual lives and passions. Some arrived in the 1880s, tracing paths forged earlier by Native Americans. Others came later, drawn by the area's health-promoting dry air, jeweled quality of light, simple lifestyle, and tricultural social fabric. Most stayed on, creating an art colony with its first juried show in 1951 and a legacy for celebrating the beauty of the land.

Their names are by now legendary-among them, Joseph Henry Sharp, Carlos Vierra, William Penhallow Henderson, John Sloan, Louise Crow, Marsden Hartley, Randall Davey, Los Cinco Pintores (Fremont Ellis, Walter Mruk, Willard Nash, Jozef Bakos, and Will Shuster), Olive Rush, Gustave Baumann, and Harold West.

Edna Robertson was Curator of Collections at the Fine Arts Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when she wrote this book. Coauthor Sarah Nestor, a writer and editor, is her daughter.

About the Author:

Gibbs M. Smith, founder of his eponymous book publishing company, started the business in 1969 with his wife, Catherine, in Santa Barbara, California. After three years, they moved the company to Layton, Utah. Gibbs served as president, committed to the daily operations of the business for forty-eight years, until his death in 2017. This book is a celebration of Gibbs' legacy, the local bookstores that he loved, and fifty years of Gibbs Smith as an independent publisher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1423601149
• ISBN 13: 9781423601142
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176